Improvement in harness-buckle



N.PETERS. PHOTO L THOGRAPH w fli t JAMES 1VES, 2OF MOUNT CARMEL;CON-NECTICUT.

Letters Patent No; 92,973, dated July 27, 1869..

i IMPROVEMEN'I' IN HARNSS-BUCKLE.

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To all whom it ma/y concem.-

Be it known that I, J AMES IvEs, of Mount Oarnel, in the county of NewHaven, and Stateof Connecticut, have invented a new and improvedHarness- Buckle and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and ex'act'description thereof, reference being had to theaecompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective viewof myimproved buckle, with st'aps appliedto it. j

Figure 2 is a view of the-back of the bickle;

Figure 3 isa section, taken longitudinally through the centre of thebuckle, in the plane indicated by line 2/ e Fgure 4 s a. section, takentransvesely through the buckle, in the plane ndicated by line x x in'fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to improve the harness-buckles which areteehnically termed hip-.strap buckles, by constructing the ring and'loop, and the buckle-frame, of one;piecc of metal, or other suitablematerial, thus greatlyfacilitating the manufacture ofthis class ofbuckles, and making them stronger, cheaper, more durable, and handsomer,tha'rheretofore.

' The kind of -buckle to which my invention* particu larlysrelates,consists of a common bow and tongue, and a' ring, connected together bya short 'leather strap, and provided with a box-loop,for receiving theendf'of the stap, which 'is' fastenedto the tongue of' the buckle.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation;

In lig 1 of the accompanying drawings, I' have my improved bucklecomplete', with a single strap, A,`fastened permanently to the ring E,and a strap, B, at-

-tached by the tongue ofthe buckle,-and its end inse'ted through thebox-loop D.

Inesome instances, the ring E will have two straps attached; permanentlyto it, as, for instance, when it is used to conn-ctthe breeching-strapto thebaek strap of harness.

The improvedbuckle consists of a. semi-elliptical' bow, 0, asemicircularor elongated ring, E, an intermediateconnecting-plateor bon-loop, D, ona tongue, b; which latter may he constmcted with a tail-piece, b',"asshown in figs. 2 and 3.

The parts O, D, and E, are produced inone piece,

and may be made of iron or other metal, or of hard r rubber, or anyother suitable substanca.

It will be seen, by' reference-to figs. 2 and 3, that" This loop'notonly serves the same purpose as the i leather box-loop'in the old formof buckle, but it also serves to strengthen the parte O E, and preventthem from spreading apart or contracting laterally.

Near the inner edge of the flattened sides of loop' D, the tongue b ispivoted, a a being the pivot-connections of the cross-piece c of thetongue.` 'To eifect the-attachment of the tongueto the sides of thebuckle, these sides are spread apart far enough to allow the roundedends of the cross-piecee'to be inserted into the holes made through saidsides, after which' the' sides are compressed, to complete theattachment.

Instead' of. constructing the cross-piece c andthe tongue b in onepiecegthe tongue may be connected to a fixed cross-bar, so as to moveupon the same; and, if desh-able, the relative proportlons of the devicemay be yaried, so as to admit of the formation of two or more loops,instead 'of one.

. The tan-piece b', which forms an extension of thetongue,-is designedto hold 'the free end of the strap B close up to the loop D, asindicatcd in fig. 3, i

While I design, the improved buckles for attaching the -breeching-strapsof-harness to the back-straps, I

'do not confine myself to its'- use. for this purpose, as it v maybeadopted wherever it-isfound to beuseful.

Having described my invention,

'I claim as a new and improved article of man uf'ac ture-- 1. Thebuckle, consisting of the frame 0 E D,

tongue b and pivota, all arranged, combined, and

Operating, substantially as described. i

2. Thereducedfarched portiouD of the buckle, in

combination 'with the tongue b Fahdpivot a a, sub-, stantially in themanner and for the purpose described.

. JAMES IVES.

` witnesses:

A. S. Kanun HENBY E. PARDU.

